Why Chandigarh's government houses are so unfashionable inside

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You might not like the interiors of Chandigarh's old government houses. They are certainly not fashionable. But don't blame the architects -- Pierre Jeanneret, Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew -- for the designs. They were based on the peculiar requirements of North Indian people in the 1950s (maybe it's time to rebuild them). Find out more in the next two minutes...